Spreuken 24:30

30 Ik ging voorbij den akker eens luiaards, en voorbij den wijngaard van een verstandeloos mens;

Spreuken 24:30 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 24:30

I went by the field of the slothful
This very probably was a real matter of fact; King Solomon's way lay at a certain time by the field of a slothful man, who never went into it himself, there being a lion in the way; and which he took no care of to manure and till, to plough and sow, but let it lie waste and uncultivated; an emblem of a carnal and worldly professor, and especially an unregenerate man, neglecting the affairs of his soul, his heart remaining like the fallow field unopened and unbroken, hard, obdurate, and impenitent; nothing sown in it, no seed of grace; nor has the seed of the word any place in it, but falling on it lies like seed by the wayside, caught up by every bird; and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
as the slothful man is, that takes no care to plant and dress it, that it may bring forth fruit to his own profit and advantage; and as every unregenerate man is, who is unconcerned about his soul, and the welfare of it; whatever understanding he may have of things natural and civil, he has no knowledge of spiritual things, of God in Christ, of himself, his state and condition; of Christ, and the way of peace, life, and salvation by him; of the Spirit, and his work of grace upon the heart; and of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it; and so has no regard to the vineyard of his soul, and the plantation and fruitfulness of it; see ( Song of Solomon 1:6 ) .

Spreuken 24:30 In-Context

28 Wees niet zonder oorzaak getuige tegen uw naaste; want zoudt gij verleiden met uw lip?

29 Zeg niet: Gelijk als hij mij gedaan heeft, zo zal ik hem doen; ik zal een ieder vergelden naar zijn werk.

30 Ik ging voorbij den akker eens luiaards, en voorbij den wijngaard van een verstandeloos mens;

31 En ziet, hij was gans opgeschoten van distelen; zijn gedaante was met netelen bedekt, en zijn stenen scheidsmuur was afgebroken.

32 Als ik dat aanschouwde, nam ik het ter harte; ik zag het, en nam onderwijzing aan;